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1 vs 1 •'*. #,7*rir- TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NORTH DAKOTA NEWS. Osnabrock—Daniel Livinggood, a farmer, living five miles north of the city, was instantly killed this morning by falling from a load of hay. He waB GO years of age. Mayville—While playing, little Har old Ames was drilling at a block— which had been used last fourth of July,for a firecracker stand. It ex ploded, blowing off the first joint bone of the thumb and lacerating it and the next finger. Minot—Ames McKay, convicted of defacing cattle brands, has been fined $500, or 250 days in jail. He will pay the fine. Wahpeton—Major Pease has re ceived permission from Adjutant Gen eral Miller to organize a hospital corps (or the Norta Dakota militia and is recruiting his corps. The corps will consist of eight privates and three hospital stewards besides the major, who will commence weekly drill and instruction lectures as soon as he gets his company recruited. Jamestown—In the burning of the Soo trestle near Valley City, the North western telephone wires were broken down and communication interfered with for a short time. New poles iare being put in by the company to re place those burned. The trestle was not the one whicu is built across the Northern Pacific tracks. It was lo cated some distance northwest of the crossing. Oakes—Gnarles Norander, a section hand, was found lying dead in bed. There was no marks of violence and tne coroner's jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes. Fargo—Ingri Olson, a domestic, claimed that R. Gallup of Casselton had traded a farm belonging to her for one in Otter Tail county, Minnesota, receiving the sum of a thousand dol lars to boot, and failing to give her the! money. Mr. Gallup denied that he had received that or any other amount in exchange in the trade, and when the case was called in the dis trict court before Judge Pollock he re iterated the claim. The attorneys for Miss Olson had the draft which Mr. Gallup signed, drawn on a Hillsboro bank and no evidence was introduced by the defendant. The jury was out but a short, time when a verdict for Miss Olson was returned, awarding her a thousand dollars with interest on the amount from December 10, 1894, at 7 per cent. Jamestown—Mrs, Mary Eseltine of St. Paul has made complaint to the po lice that she was robbed of $31 in her room at the Capital hotel Friday night. Mrs. Eseltine is deaf and dumb and has been canvassing in this city for an eastern firm. She states that she kept the money in her trunk. Jamestown—Five families of movers from Gentry county, Missouri, were bound north today to McLean county to take up land. hey had good out fits. Valley City—Ingebret Aas came within an aas of losing his life and much else when crossing the railroad track at Valley City. The neckyoke of his wagon dropped down just as a freight slid down the hill. Mr. Aas "passed," quickly unhitched his team and hiked for a secluded spot to watch where his wagon, lime, and nails struck. The lumber was all he ever found. Grand Forks—The annual conven tion of the North Dakota Medical as sociation will be held in Grand Forks on the 23rd and 24th of May. The sessions will be held in the K. P. halj and it is expected the attendance will be very large from all over the state, to say nothing of those who will at tend from adjoining states. One of the pleasant features will be a grand banquet at the Hotel Dakotah on the evening of the 23rd. Fatgo—Several cases of flagrant vio lation of the law in regard to selling intoxicating liquors to Indians in Moor head have been brought to official no tice, and immediate steps will be taken to arrest and convict the guilty parties. The proper authorities in the state of Minnesota, where the offenses were committed, have been officially in formed, and the matter will be taken up and thoroughly investigated.. It has been known that ever since the In dians arrived in Fargo, a few days ago, vehicles known as "jag wagons" have boldly waited at the government build ing for loads of Indians, and have con veyed them over the river to the booze emporiums. Several Indians have been arrested for drunkenness, and even now one is serving a two day's sentence in the city jail. The Sheldon Progress assures us that McKinley carried the recent village election. A FATAL FIRE. Fire in the Hotel Helena at Chicago Burns to Death Two Women and Injures Others. Fiames Gain Headway so Rapidly that it Was Impossible to Summon As sistance in Time. Guests Jumped from Windows and Ten of Them Are Badly Injured—Some Will Die. Chicago, May 10.—Fire at the Hotel Helena this morning burned to death two unidentified women and seriously injured ten others. The building was totally destroyed. Those dead are: TWO UNIDENTIF xED WOMEN. Those seriously injured are: S. G. McHATTON, bank clerk. MRS. T. D. ALLEN, back broken, dying in hospital. FLORENCE FLORENCE. STELLA NIEWOLKI. aARAH HUTCHINSON. WM. F. HORNE. E. E. TARBOX. MRS. W. F. TAYLOR. T. D. ALLEN. Missing: J. H. COLLINS, salesman from New York. The fire occurred at 3 o'clock in the morning. The first discovery of the flames was maue by a passing police man, but they gained headway so rap idly that help could not be summoned in time to save all the guests. Those who were injured received their injur ies in jumping from windows. ALIEN CLAIMS. HOUSE REINSERTS THE HANS BROUGH AMENDMENTS TO THE ALASKAN CIVIL CODE BILL AND THEY WILL PROBABLY BE SENT TO CONFERENCE. Washington, May 1G.—The house committee on revision of the laws has inserted in the Alaskan civil bill, which has been before it a couple of weeks, the Hansbrougn amendment barring aliens from locating mining claims in the territory. Those amend ments were debated in the senate for three weeks, and finally withdrawn by Hansbrough, who realized the bin would be defeated if they went in. This action by the house committee means that the Hansbrough amend ments will probably be adopted by the house and sent to conference. This question of citizenship in Alaska is one of the utmost importance, and many of the richest claims in Cape Nome will be affected should Hansbrough's prop osition to bar all alien claims be adopted. FOR OtD MUDDY. Washington, May 1G.—The senate committee on commerce has ordered favorable reports on amendments to the sundry civil bill appropriating $250,000 for an emergency expenditure on the Missouri river. CROWDS SAW THE LIMITED. St. Paul, May 1G.—General Passen ger Agent C. S. Fee of the Northern Pacific has returned to St. Paul from a two weeks' trip to the Pacific coast. He went west in charge of the first North Coast Limited sent out April 20. Mr. Fee states that the new train received an ovation at every point along the line. He estimates that fully 125,000 people visited it at the various depots. Every little town along the line as well as every city turned out en masse. In Seattle the crowd was tremendous. FREE HOMES. SENATE PASSES THE FREE HOME STEAD BILL—ONE OF THE MOST 'IMPORTANT PIECES OF LEGIS LATION TO THE NORTHWEST. Washington, May 1G.—The senate has passed the free homes bill and it is generally conceded among north western senators and members in the states most affected by the legislation that the free homestead bill is the most important legislation for the people of that section that has passed in recent years. It is calculated by the friends of the bill that it will afford relief to more than 75,000 entrym :i, who have been unable to pay for the lands upon which they have settled. There is a mucn smaller class of un trymen whc will be saved a part of the total post of the lands Mch they Lave entered Jr. view of the propo3*.i law making it unncessary to make further payments. Great difference of opin ion exists as to the possible ultimate cost to the government as a result of the passage of the bill. It has been estimated at from $15,000,000 to $35, 000,000. The question turns upon the amount of lands that were to be taken by settlers. Most of the reservations that have been opened haw been paid for by the government and the funds are held in trust for the Indians. The Chippewa lands in Minnesota are opened upon the condition that such as are sold to settlers shall be paid for by the payments being turned over to the Indians. The estimate is that about a million acres of Indian lands in Minnesota will be opened to free homestead entry by the bill, which will now go to the president for his signature. M. E. RESOLUTIONS. COMMITTEE SCOLDS PRESIDENT MCKINLEY FOR NOT ENFORCING ANTI-CANTEEN LAW—EX-CON GRESSMAN JOHNSON OBJECTS. Chicago, May 1G.—The Methodist Episcopal general conference commit tee on temperance, of which Samuel Dickie of Michigan is chairman, and of which ex-Congressman Johnson of North Dakota, a c-ampion for the an ti-canteen law, is a member,, adopted resolutions today, which, in the minds of a number of the convention, at least, is a direct slap at President McKinley, because of his acquiescence in the de cision of Attorney General Griggs de claring the law ineffective. Delegate Johnson took exception to the portion of the report which reads as follows: "We deplore the fact that our gen eral government by its internal rev enue system continues to give legal recognition to so corrupt a business, especially do we condemn the course of the government in accepting and collecting revenue from persons in prohibition towns or state which are known to the officers of the treasury department to be engaged in the vio lation of prohibitory laws." His ob jections were opposed and the section of the report was adopted. DEATH OF DR. LAW. Dickinson, May 10.—Word has been received here of. the death of Dr. V. Marshall Law, lately rector of the Episcopal church of Dickinson, who was compelled to resign his pulpit on account of ill-health. He proceeded direct to Texas on his way to his home in California. At Clarendon, Tex., where he stayed over en route to his home, he was stricken with paralysis and died on the morning of the 28th of April. His wife had been tele graphed for and reached him two days before his death. He recognized her but was unable to speak to her. His remains were buried in San Francisco on May 2. SURPRISED. JAMESTOWN PEOPLE SURPRISED AT THE WALKOVER OF JUDGE GLASPELL—STUTSMAN S DELE GATION NOT HAPPY. Jamestown, May 1G.—While not al together unexpected, the overwhelm ing victory of Judge Glaspell came as a surprise to the people here who had looked for a close vote. The fight has been one of the hottest in -the state on both sides, but the judge's combina tion with Major White enabled him to carry the outside, counties, regardless of his defeat in his home county, and secure the nomination. It is claimed that this combination gives Major White 79 votes to the state convention from this district. In the convention speeches were piade by S. E. Ellsworth, Harry Corn wall, O. J. Seiler and L. B. Hardy of this city, after which the roll was ordered. The vote stood by counties as follows: For Glaspell—LaMoure, 14 votes, Logan 5, Barnes 25, Wells 17, Foster 8, Eddy 10. Total 79. For Bartlett—Stutsman 19, Griggs 10. Total 29. Editor McKean of the Sanborn En terprise was elected chairman and Hon. Geo. W. Solliday of Carrington secretary of the convention. Judge Glaspell was nominated by Attorney Blackwell of LaMoure. REPULSED AT JuAFEKING. London, May 10.—A dispatch from Lourenzo Marquez says it is reported the Boers have been repulsed at Mafe king with heavy loss. No dates are mentioned. The dispatch* is not cer tain whether the report is a version of Sunday's battle at Mafeking or relates to subsequent fighting. However, the report strengthens the belief that Mafeking is passing through the crisis of the sedge. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1900. iDLLER'S REPORT. General Buller Makes Another Report from Dundee of the Occupation of of Glencoe by British. Boers Are Trekking Rapidly and Trains Running Half Way Between Lady smyth and Dundee. Foraging Party of British Fired Upon by Boers and Several Men Killed and Captured. London, May 10.—General Buller makes the following report from Dun dee of the occupation of Glencoe: We occupied Glencoe yesterday. The Transvaalers have now quitted Big arsberg positions and the Free Staters on Drekensburg are much reduced in numbers. Carolena LydenDurg, with the Pretoria commandos, trekked with eleven guns and we entered Glencoe. The last train and ambulances left yes terday morning. The result is largely due to the excellent work of the Fifth division in the last few days. Trains are now running as far as Wesselsnek station, half way between Ladysmith and Dundee. General Roberts reports from Kroon stadt that two officers and six men of the Prince Alfred Guards while forag ing were fired upon by a party of Boers hiding in a farm house with a flag of truce dying. Two men were killed and one officer wounded and the other officer and two men were captured. CLARK REAPPOINTED. Washington, May 10.—Senator Clark has received notice of his reappoint ment to the senate from Acting Gov ernor Spriggs of Montana. He has accepted the appointment. WILL HOLD OUT. London, May 10.—Baden Powell sends word from Mafeking that food will hold out until June 10. The Brit ish relief column is due there now and word is hourly expected of the relief of the city. A NEW COMBINE. Iflcchlij (Ertlmne. Jamestown, May 10.—The deal which resulted in the renomination of Judge Glaspell at Valley City, had for its backing, no doubt, the ambition of a number of candidates for state offices. The combine appears to be headed by Frank White of Valley City for gover nor, with E. F. Porter of Foster county for secretary of state, and probably others for various offices. The coun ties of LaMoure, Barnes, Wells, Foster, Logan and Eddy seem to make the neuclus of this deal which, as natur ally opposed to the present administra tion, united to name the candidate for judge opposed by Governor Fancher, as the first move on the board. How this new combine wih be received in other parts of the state and whether it has a support not now showing on the surface, remains to be seen. INDIAN DELEGATES. TWO OF THEM IN TODAY'S CON VENTION AT x-ARGO—THE AD VENT OF THE REDMAN IN POL ITICS. Fargo, May 10.—In the state con vention which convened here today were two interesting figures in the per sons of two full blood Indians from the Elbowoods district, near the Fort Berthold Agency. In the district are 300 Indian voters who have taken lands in severalty and who have at tained citizenship under a federal statute which went into effect a year or two ago. Under the call, and en tirely of their own volition, these vot ers held a convention to nominate del egates to Fargo. With the assistance of two bright young members of the tribe, who are college graduates, the convention was regularly held accord ing to "white man's parliamentary rules" and the two young graduates were selected to go to Fargo and as sist in the preliminaries for the renom ination of the "Great Father"—McKin ley. Some of the Indians said-that "white man's delegates told what to do," so the delegates to Fargo were told what to do and in addition the hat was passed around, so that they would not be "in debt to white man" and suffi cient money was collected to pay their expenses. The action of the Indians is partic ularly pleasing to Agent Richards of the Fort Berthold Agency, as it illus' trates plainly the good effect, and the influence associating civilized meth ods, business and political, has had upon the red man, also his amenabil ity to education and his desire to take an interest in the public affairs of the nation of which he has become an ac tive part. BONDSMEN PLEASED. Grand Forks, May 10.—The decision of the supreme court in the Wording case is pleasing to the bondsmen here. Catherine L. Wording died at Ra cine, Wis., in 1890, leaving a will in which S. W. McLaughlin was named as executor, and he received letters from the probate courts both at Ra cine and Grand Forks, the will having been probated at both places. The terms of the will provided that Mc Laughlin accumulate the estate until there were sufficient funds on hand to pay all legacies. Whfen McLaughlin failed in this city in '97, the probate court here required him to render an accounting of the es tate, which he did, and Judge Carothers found him short to the extent of over $8,000. McLaughlin at this time ten dered his resignation as executor which was accepted and Willis A. Joy was appointed in his stead and at once brought an action to recover the amount of the shortage against Mc Laughlin's bondsmen, among whom are such prominent men as County Treasurer Elton, Investment Banker John Birkholz, George B. Winship and others. The case was tried in this city last December, before Judge Fisl: of the First judicial district, who granted a motion for a directed verdict for the defense. Defendant made the motion on the grounds that the Racine county court had exclusive jurisdiction that the will created a trust and that Mc Laughlin was acting in the dual capa city of executor and trustee and that the defaults were as trustee and not Us executor, and various other grounds. Joy appealed to the supreme court and that body by its decision sustained Judge Fisk in giving a directed verdict in favor of the defendant bondsmen. Bosard & Bosard represented the plain tiff and though the decision was against their client they are credited with putting up a very strong case. Templeton & Rex and Burke Corbet represented the bondsmen, Scott Rex preparing the brief and making the ar gument before the supreme court. KANSAS REPUBLICANS. Topeka, May 10.—The republican state convention met at noon, commit tees were appointed and speeches made. SERIOUS LOSS. Washington, May 10.—General Mc Arthur in a cablegram to the war de partment confirms the report of an engagement with the insurgents at Cantubig on April 14, in which a de tachment of the Fifty-third infantry garrisoning that place took part. Of thirty-one men in the detachment Mc Arthur reports nineteen killed, five wounded. Over two hundred of the attacking party were killed, the streets being covered with dead insurgents. The Iloilo-Paney cable was broken by an earthquake. CLEW'S FINANCIAL REVIEW. New York, May 12.—The reaction ary movement in the stock market de veloped strength last week, and the tendency has been much less bullish than two weeks ago. Good reasons exist for a strictly moderate reaction. Values of good properties were often pretty high and more or less liquida tion of speculative accounts was inevi table in the absence of fresh stimulus to outside buying. General trade shows some signs of less activity but not more than could be reasonably ex pected after the rush of 'the past six months. As a whole, however, the business situation is sound and prom ising. The approach of a presidential election acts as a detriment in some quarters, much more than it really should, but there is every prospect of a renewed revival of business when the elections have been discounted and values brought down to a more normal level. The immediate future of the stock market is somewhat problem atical. There is no reason for any im portant declines. The industrials have already dropped considerably be low top figures, while the railroads are making such excellent returns that no anxiety need be manifested should they cease overtopping the big gains of 1899. At present Senator Wolcott is the only public man in Washington who is an expert operator of an automobile. Congress wil adjouA about June 10. Thus more prosperity is being forced on the country. FIVE CENTS THE DELEGATES. Harmonious Republican Convention at Fargo Selects Delegates to Philadelphia Both Senators Named Members of the Delegation, with Holms, Plum ley, Collins and Stephens. The anti-Murphy Delegation Wins out in Its Fight and is Seated by The Convention. Fargo, May 10.—The delegates se lected to the republican national con vention are as follows: SENATOR H. C. HANSBROUGH. SENATOR P. J. McCUMBER. H. C. PLUMLEY, of Cass county. STEVEN COLLINS, of Grand Forks county. H. L. HOLMES, of Pembina county. R. N. STE JNS, of Burleigh county. The alternates are as follows: Leutz of Morton county, Blackwell of La Moure county, Brown of Wells county, Steele of Rolette county, White of Traill county and Swiggum. The convention was harmonious, the slate having been made last night and gives satisfaction. 1 ue anti-Murphy delegation was seated from Ward county on the re port of the state committee. Most of the delegates returned to their homes on the afternoon trains. Congressman Spalu.ng was chair man of the convention and Shea of Richland chairman of the committee on resolutions. Little of Burleigh was chairman of the committee on cre dentials. Ringing resolutions indors ing the administration were adopted. APPOINTMENT LEGAL. Washington, May 10.—Senators are practically unanimous in the opinion that the appointment of Senator Clark to the vacancy from Montana is legal as the state constitution is quite clear on that point. PRISONERS. Havana, May 10.—It is said Cabanas fortress is being prepared for the re ception of the prisoners in the postal scandal. It is reported the shortage in the Havana postofflce is $8,000, which, if true, means another fraud to be dealt with. BIG FIRE LOSS. St. Catherines, Ont., May 10.—The plant of Well and Vale Cycle Motor Co. burned this morning. The loss is half a million. CONSIDERING CLARK. Washington, May 10.—In the senate Senator Bucon's remarks were inter rupted to permit Senator Chandler to move a postponement of the resolution in the Clark case till Saturday. Sen ator Chandler said the privileges and election committee desired to have a meeting to consider what action to take in the matter. CUBAN SCANDALS. Washington, May 10.—Senator Ba con called up the resolution authoriz ing an investigation of the Cuban pos tal affair and spoke thereto. He said the country wanted to know how money being collected was expended. Levying taxes in the island should be explained. The expenditure of money by our officials was the most extrava gant ever heard of. He read from the report of the secretary of war to show the last year's round number re ceipts in Cuba were sixteen millions, and the expenditures fourteen millions. He said the press had exposed the worst extravagance ever heard of. SETTLERS IN WARD. Minot, May 1G.—Eight hundred and eighty-six homesteads, were taken by settlers in this land district during the month of April. This is the largest business ever done in any one month in this office and will probably not be reached again this year. This repre sents 141,700 acres of land which will be cultivated more or less In the near future. It represents that S8G heads of families have or will in a short time take up their abode in the northwest ern part of the state. It means new business enterprises, new towns and new people. It nfeans that ere long this will be a thickly settled country and an important factor In all affairs. MISSOURI CONVENTION. Kansas City, May 1G.—The republi can convention met this morning but got into a jangle over committees and further business was blocked till straightened out. '$84 xii'-